Our Dependency on Computers

Today I lost all battery and power to my laptop... it just would not recharge!

The day before that I learned that I needed to let my children have more computer time and teach them how to create files, search the web, create docs.... I was even giving a web address to an interactive learning website for my girls to learn and play.

My Children have a computer in there classroom called the SMART BOARD!
If you have not seen one its Super NEAT! To have that in the class room give kids so much advancement its Mind Blowing!

One of my girls came home and said the most cutest thing.... She said: "Momma I really like the FIRST computer." and of course I say "Which one is that?" She goes " you know that one that makes noise and has a Bell when you come to the end of the line." I could not help but laugh and say "Oh you mean a Typewriter!"

However, I also understand how addictive the Internet can be, how you can get sucked up into the cyber world, I even learned this at the age of 16 years old. So I have held my children back from spending time on the computer; even with parent control my son can by pass it....

So with that being said...
It's amazing to me how far we have come with the need for computers in daily life....

Anyone that has come to my home has seen my collection of cookbooks, Yet I still search the web for recipes... such as flour tortillas, I had a recipe for corn tortillas but not one for flour .... And lets Face It.... West Cost Canada has a high Asian influence and I do love Most Asian food; However I do Miss my Mexican food.... And I just have not found really good tortillas here....So when my Laptop died; Out the window went my recipe for Tonight's Dinner!

I also use the Internet for my job search, connecting with family and friends.... it is my main social outlet.

Sometimes I wonder...does anyone keep a hard copy... I mean with everything going "Green" and we do not want to waste paper... If the world went off the grid what would happen? Business rely on POS systems, Bookkeepers use some kind of web based system, Even our Banking system is computer Ran. Rarely do I see people actually give hand written anything.... even work communication is done by texting or emails... gone with the days of sticky notes, pencils and paper...

Would we even know how to function with out being on the Grid or would the world Turn Mad?